owning the supreme court was the republicans trump card, the Presidency is only a pit stop toward the true goal. Got it for a life time now don't they? Got to hand it to them, smart long term planning
just a few...
- long term planning of the gop vs short term tactics of dems
- justices staying on too long until it was too late
- bad (tone-deaf) campaigning for prez lost 3 seats on the sc
- ignoring rural and working-class (used to be the dems bread and butter) dissolved their base of support (clinton and the "new" dems)
- relying on the sc for too many rulings... next we loose gay marriage and probably interracial marriage in many states.....
That said, I highly doubt Loving would ever be overturned. It sits on very solid legal ground, and the most conservative judge on the court is in an interracial marriage. Obergefell is genuinely at risk though.
> I'm convinced they basically wanted to be able to continue to use the threat of a Roe overturn to steer swing voters to their side
> I highly doubt Loving would ever be overturned. It sits on very solid legal ground